In this blog post, I will show you the absolute fastest, easiest, and most simplest way to tune your guitar. All you need is your guitar and a smartphone, and you'll learn the easiest way to tune a guitar in no time.
Difficulty level: 0/10 (very appropriate for absolute beginners)
Time: Less than five minutes
Read MoreThis is a blog post on how to play the guitar solo in Starship's Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now.
Difficulty Rating: 4/10. This tutorial will be moderately challenging for you if you have about 10-20 guitar solos under your belt.
Full videos included.
Read MoreThough this app is not for beginners, it offers 100 shred guitar exercises that will challenge you to become a better lead guitar player. Highly recommended for advanced guitarists.
Read MoreTuner Eclipse is beautiful and I love it. It has become my default tuning app, and I think you'll love it too. This post will show you how this app works, and how you can tune your guitar quickly by using it.
Read MoreKnowing what challenges are appropriate and inappropriate is essential to successfully taking online guitar lessons. Get into the details of why appropriate challenges are so important to your progress on guitar in this week's post and video.
Read MoreIf you are familiar with funk rhythm guitar, then Playing Funky Rhythm Guitar is a natural next step. This post is a review, and it includes yours truly playing examples from the book.
Read MoreIf there was one app that was indispensable for learning guitar, Capo would be it. Slow down music, change the pitch of songs, and get instantaneous guitar chords. Pure wizardry.
Read MoreThe Kyser capo is solid and affordable, but it doesn't get my 100% recommendation. This review shares why I don't recommend this capo to beginners.
Read MoreOne of my favorite maxims is less is more. I love the idea of simplifying ideas, concepts, and techniques.
When it comes to doing research on the guitar, or finding information on a certain topic, I also take the less-is-more approach. I tend to research specific topics in small numbers at one time, and basically master the information that I have consumed.
I recommend the same for you, especially if you are a beginner.
The rest of this post goes over why having a less-is-more attitude about learning guitar helps build your momentum and your enjoyment of the guitar.
Read MoreIt's 5:30 am. My girlfriend and I have our lives stored and stacked in rubbermaids, boxes, and trash bags. We pick up the moving truck in three and a half hours, and I'm wide awake. There's no way on earth I'm sleeping! I'm too excited!
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